Posted on 06/18/2015 9:08:34 AM PDT by Zakeet
The man accused of killing nine inside a black church wore pro-apartheid flags, held ‘strong conservative beliefs,’ and made a ‘lot of racist jokes.’
Police said they have arrested Dylann Storm Roof, the suspected killer of nine people at an historic black church in Charleston. Roof, 21, is from Lexington, South Carolina and was taken into custody in Shelby County, North Carolina. At a press conference, police chief Greg Mullen said a citizen's tip led police to his car. He would not comment on whether weapons were found in the vehicle, but said Roof was "cooperative."
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Roof’s father gave him a .45-caliber pistol for his birthday, according to uncle Charles Cowles. The uncle said he recognized Roof from the police photo and “described him as quiet and soft-spoken,” according to Reuters.
John Mullins, who went to high school with Roof, told The Daily Beast that he remembers him as being “kind of wild.”
“He used drugs heavily a lot,” Mullins said. “It obviously harder than marijuana. He was like a pill popper, from what I understood. Like Xanax, and stuff like that.”
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Well, on the Comments Board of the Local Paper running the original Story I have been called a Racist numerous times.
Liberals would gleefully load Conservatives into Cattle Cars headed for the Camps if they could get away with it. No doubt.
We might or might not learn that some of this guy's attitudes were family attitudes. Father game him a gun recently, gave him that middle name.
Nah, that didn't make him a racist. Now, going in to a black church and killing nine people - THAT probably means he's a racist.
Yep, I've been wondering if any connection to South Africa or Zimbabwe will pop up. Darn few American 21 year olds would ever have heard of Rhodesia, let alone know about those flags he wore on his jacket.
And that extra 'n' in their spelling of Dylann.
Xanax is a benzodiazepine.
It’s commonly abused by people who like its high, much like opioids like Oxycontin are.
This guy has all the makings of a drug-addled Stormfront White Supremacist type. I’ve known more than a few and have no use for any of them.
Is it QA— TAR or “gutter”?
According to Qatarians, it is Ka-Tar - despite the media’s desire to pronounce it otherwise.
The Daily Beast is really getting the hits from FR posters today...
Sounds like a hard-core leftist to me.
I hear he self identified as black. It couldn’t be “hate”. Where was the “hate” crime aspect of Nidal Hussan at Ft Hood— Opps I forgot “work place violence” — 13 dead — 36 wounded? but no “hate” Does this sick kid get to grow a beard?
Stormfronters are largely libertarian in beliefs.
My thoughts, too. Heavy drug user does not equal conservative beliefs.
The druggie is a wacko.
That should really straighten his hair.
(Blame) Clearly the rhetoric of the left drove his behavior (/Blame)
Xanax is not an SSRI, or anything like that class of drugs. It is not an antidepressant; it is a tranquilizer, very similar to Valium.
I guess he is straight out guilty, we won’t hear anything about his promising rapper career or being a well liked neighborhood kid. I am sure the police will investigate to see what motivated him to commit murder, while the Press will try to find some minute connection with the Tea Party.
If the left would only spent a fraction of the time on the drug issue s they do the weapon, they might help reduce these crimes.
Stormfronters are largely white supremacist and Nazi in their beliefs.
I know plenty of libertarians and none of them are Nazis.
They just made him up out of thin air.
No but I know libertarians who are Stormfronters. They largely supported Ron Paul/Pat Buchanan.
Note: I didn’t say libertarians are racists nor did I say Paul and Buchanan were racists. But when they used to troll FR, they took stands that tended to mimic the libertarian view. It was especially true about how they viewed Israel (or Isreal as they spelled it).
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